I thought of delay as Lily does horribly with vaccinations. Each time she had them, she ran a very high fever for almost 6 days. I expressed my concerns with her Dr, which who is wonderful, and she suspected it was the pneumococcal vaccine. She suggested we break them up and administer the pneumococcal solo. Lily was fine with the MMR and I forget the other, but when she went in for the pneumococcal, I couldn't get her fever under 102.2, then she broke out in what looked like chicken pox. It wasn't, but was a reaction to the vaccine.
I think delay is a personal choice. Personally, I chose not to. Believe me I was extremely hesitant because my graduate degree is in Maternal & Child Health/Family & Child Health and we learned about all the childhood diseases and the speculated disorders caused by vaccinations. As a public health advocate, I couldn't take the risk of my child being unprotected. The vaccines exist for a reason, the illnesses that they protect against are survivable and do make us stronger. However, our children don't have the foundation we had or our parents. The strains that have evolved are more detrimental to our health (i.e MRSA), so our children have to fight harder. If your child is a picky eater, or has compromised immunity will he/she have what it takes to fight these strains? I, as a parent am not willing to find out.
I think you are informed enough to make a informed decision. Ultimately, it is your choice and no one should judge you based on that choice. There will always be that ”what if,” if something bad happens. What if I vaccinated, would that have prevented my child from dying (worst case scenario!), what if I hadn't vaccinated, would my son not have autism? It's a double edge sword!
Who cares what people think about your choice, I don't!
I haven't taken my one year old son in for a checkup since six months because I am so lost on this subject. i read each one of your responses and am convinced it makes sense, then I read the next and think the same! I guess I will have to research on my own as I always do. And yes, the respiratory response definitely makes sense.
I hope whichever you decide you are comfortable with to understand my point, it takes more than a days worth of research. The textbooks are funded by the govt and pharmaceutical companies, and I know this for a fact. I haven't met many who extensively researched and still vaxxed. It is a very challenging subject all its own. The CDC even admits the fully vaxxed for pertussis are still catching and spreading it.
You could always forgo the vax's that are for non-life threatening illnesses, but get the vax's for the more serious life altering ones. Just a thought?
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I think delay is a personal choice. Personally, I chose not to. Believe me I was extremely hesitant because my graduate degree is in Maternal & Child Health/Family & Child Health and we learned about all the childhood diseases and the speculated disorders caused by vaccinations. As a public health advocate, I couldn't take the risk of my child being unprotected. The vaccines exist for a reason, the illnesses that they protect against are survivable and do make us stronger. However, our children don't have the foundation we had or our parents. The strains that have evolved are more detrimental to our health (i.e MRSA), so our children have to fight harder. If your child is a picky eater, or has compromised immunity will he/she have what it takes to fight these strains? I, as a parent am not willing to find out.
I think you are informed enough to make a informed decision. Ultimately, it is your choice and no one should judge you based on that choice. There will always be that ”what if,” if something bad happens. What if I vaccinated, would that have prevented my child from dying (worst case scenario!), what if I hadn't vaccinated, would my son not have autism? It's a double edge sword!
Who cares what people think about your choice, I don't!
I haven't met many who extensively researched and still vaxxed.
It is a very challenging subject all its own. The CDC even admits the fully vaxxed for pertussis are still catching and spreading it.